The research, published June 4 in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, identifies critical connections between activity of the epilepsy drug perampanel and the resulting movements of the AMPA ...

“These data indicate that oligodendrogenesis increases within the seizure circuit in parallel with epilepsy development in [the model] of absence epilepsy.” They then looked more directly at myelin ...

More than ever before, people with epilepsy are living normal lives. The key is to get treatment, typically a medication, for seizures—the unpredictable disruptions in the brain's electrical system ...

Millions of women around the world have epilepsy, but many don't know that the condition can be different at different times in a woman's life. Women can better manage their epilepsy when they know ...

A recently released large-scale study has provided details on the genetics that underpin epilepsy, arguably one of the most common and most complex conditions in the neurological spectrum. The work, ...

Substitution monotherapy and add-on therapy were equally effective as a second-line treatment for women with idiopathic generalized epilepsy, with no significant differences in failure rates between ...

Finding may advance creation of new drugs that target AMPA receptors to treat brain cancer, pain and Alzheimer’s disease By super cooling a molecule on the surface of brain cells down to about minus ...

“Do you know why you shouldn’t talk to strangers?” asks a police officer standing at the front of a classroom to a room full of students. Emily’s hand shoots up and the teacher encourages her to ...